August updates to the new Actions panel

[Pete.Green]

Hi everyone,

We're happy to let you know that the latest Photoshop beta includes progress made in new Actions panel experience and new features have been added, you can now:

• Click the Gear icon to view the steps, step details, and descriptions of actions
  
  
• Easily undo actions after they've been played
  
• Double-click to rename folders in list view
• Duplicate and delete actions via the right click context menu
  
• Right click on groups to delete or duplicate them
• Import and export actions via the panel flyout menu
  • Access "Playback options" in new Actions panel flyout menu
• Drag and drop actions in list view to organize them

Please give these new experiences a try and let us know your feedback and if you run into any odd behaviors!

We have more work to do and will continue to iterate and imrprove the new Actions panel experience.

Thank you!

Warm regards,
The Photoshop team

To see what else has been added to the new Actions experience see the previous post, Actions updates: New UI, Search and Suggestions

[Piotr Gardecki]

Nice, You can create your own action in the classic Actions panel — record it, save it as an .ATN file, and then import it into the new Actions panel in Photoshop Beta.

[Pete.Green]

That's right @Piotr Gardecki ! Worth noting too that any actions that are listed in the Classic Actions panel will also be listed in the new Actions panel in the "Yours" tab. 

We're working on adding the ability to Edit existing and Create new actions within the new Actions designs, and

we'll be iterating on this throughout the year.  So stay tuned for that!

Regards,

Pete

[Piotr Gardecki]

Hi Pete!
I’ve been experimenting with Photoshop’s History Log feature and had an idea I’d love to get your thoughts on. 
I enabled the option to save a detailed history log as a text file (via Preferences → File Handling → Save History Log → Text File

Is there a way to convert this History Log into a Photoshop Action? I’m curious if anyone has tried a semi-automated approach—maybe using scripting.

[Pete.Green]

Thanks for the suggestion! Converting history to an action is something we've been considering so I appreciate you mentioning it'd be a useful function for you. Currently there isn't a way to convert history logs to an action, but we'll definitely take your request in as part of our considerations!

Would you only want to use it with the history log? or would you want it to be a function of the history panel itself?

[Piotr Gardecki]

Thank you for your quick response! I'm delighted to hear that my suggestions are on your radar. I think you're right – starting with the history panel would be a great solution.

If we could convert history into actions, that would be truly fantastic. Regarding the history log, it's worth remembering this source, as it could be a valuable resource for analysis, especially given that there are no recording limits.

I'll let you know if my experiments yield any interesting results.

All the best, Piotr